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Auction XXV  22-23 Sep 2022
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Lot 61

Estimate: 5000 GBP
Price realized: 3000 GBP
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Bruttium, Kroton AR Stater. Circa 530-500 BC. Tripod surmounted by wreaths, legs terminating in lion's paws, a pair of serpents above and at base; ϘPO (partially retrograde) upwards to left, crab in right field / Incuse tripod as obverse; ϘPO (partially retrograde) upwards to left, crab in right field. Attianese 32; SNG ANS 244-5; HN Italy 2078; SNG Copenhagen 1744; HGC 1, 1444; Voec (forthcoming) prov. no. 326 (this coin). 7.06g, 27mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; among the finest known examples of the issue, with a finely detailed crab. Rare.

From the Voec Collection: An Important Swiss Collection of Magna Graecian Coinage formed 1892-1945 (publication forthcoming).
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